The Boll Weevil Monument
Submitted by Homeland Security on Sun, 11/04/2012 - 12:57(alternate title: When life gives you dilemmas, make d'lemonade)
The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) was indigenous to Mexico, but appeared in Alabama in 1915. By 1918 farmers were losing whole cotton crops to the beetle. H. M. Sessions saw this as an opportunity to convert the area to peanut farming. In 1916 he convinced C. W. Baston, an indebted farmer, to back his venture. The first crop paid off their debts and was bought by farmers seeking to change to peanut farming. Cotton was grown again, but farmers learned to diversify their crops, a practice which brought new money to Coffee County.
Bon Fleming, a local businessman, came up with the idea to build the monument, and helped to finance the total cost. As a tribute to how something disastrous can be a catalyst for change, and a reminder of how the people of Enterprise adjusted in the face of adversity, the monument was dedicated on December 11, 1919 at the intersection of College and Main Street, the heart of the town's business district.
read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boll_Weevil_Monument
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Perhaps the NWO is like a Boll Weevil...
A mindless little bug that can be defeated once and prevented from ever becoming strong again?
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Great story!
Thanks for sharing!
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Perhaps in 4 years (ahem.) we will be building a monument to Sandy.
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seems the statue should
have been dedicated to the Peanut who saved the farmers and not the Boll Weevil that caused all the destruction, maybe that is why it kept getting vandalized.
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The point of the monument...
...is that the people and farmers were too dependent on one crop, and the Weevil helped them realize they had to diversify their crops.
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Ron Paul: "If you ever can bring about revolutionary changes two things would be required: young people... and music."